Duke Ellington ‎– Will Big Bands Ever Come Back? + Recollections Of The Big Band Era

2 LPs ON 1 CD

This release presents two original Duke Ellington LPs in their entireties: Will Big Bands Ever Come Back? (Reprise Records RS-6168) and Recollections of the Big Band Era (Atlantic SD-1665). Although they were issued by two different labels, both were recorded during the same sessions by Reprise Records and are a compendium of old big band songs, most of which Ellington had never previously recorded and would never record again. This is the first time both albums appear together in their complete form on a single CD.

PERSONNEL:

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra:
Cat Anderson, Roy Burrowes, Eddie Preston, Cootie Williams, Bill Berry (tp),
Ray Nance (tp, vln, vcl), Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors, Buster Cooper (tb),
Paul Gonsalves (ts), Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts), Russell Procope (as, cl),
Johnny Hodges (as), Harry Carney (bar, b-cl, cl), Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (p),
Ernie Shepard (b), Sam Woodyard (d), Milt Grayson (vcl).

Recorded in Chicago & New York, late 1962.
Original sessions produced by DUKE ELLINGTON.

1-12: Originally issued as Will Big Bands Ever Come Back?
13-24: Originally issued as Recollections of the Big Band Era

INCLUDES 16 PAGES BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01 TUXEDO JUNCTION 3:29
02 SMOKE RINGS 2:53
03 ARTISTRY IN RHYTHM 3:18
04 THE WALTZ YOU SAVED FOR ME 2:28
05 WOODCHOPPER’S BALL 3:16
06 SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY 2:30
07 WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH 3:16
08 ONE O’CLOCK JUMP 7:20
09 GOODBYE 3:04
10 SLEEP, SLEEP, SLEEP 2:46
11 RHAPSODY IN BLUE 4:48
12 DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE 2:38
13 MINNIE THE MOOCHER 2:47
14 FOR DANCERS ONLY 3:04
15 IT’S A LONESOME OLD TOWN WHEN YOU’RE NOT AROUND 2:21
16 CHEROKEE 2:53
17 THE MIDNIGHT SUN WILL NEVER SET 3:06
18 LET’S GET TOGETHER 2:37
19 I’M GETTIN’ SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU 3:20
20 CHANT OF THE WEED 3:22
21 CIRIBIRIBIN 3:29
22 CONTRASTS 2:46
23 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 3:03
24 AULD LANG SYNE 2:19

Total Time: 77:03

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